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As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.

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Report: Mass. rental assistance program needs more funds, accessibility

WBUR outlines a new report by TBF, MAPC, the United Way of MA and CHAPA, 'Building a Better RAFT: Improving Access to Emergency Rental Assistance in Massachusetts,' sharing the successes of the program during the pandemic and the report's recommendations that could make resources easier to access and more available to families in need.

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Report: Boston's child care capacity remains below pre-pandemic levels

WBUR highlights findings from the Boston Opportunity Agenda and the Birth to Eight Collaborative in a new report, '(Re)Building Boston's Early Education and Care Sector: Supply, Affordability and Quality Needed.' With a lingering early educator shortage, MA's child care industry is still struggling to recover from COVID-19, and parents and caregivers continue to face challenges to find quality, affordable childcare.

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(Re)Building Boston’s Early Education and Care Sector

The latest update to the Boston Opportunity Agenda's study of supply and demand for early education and care in Boston finds pandemic-related investments helped avert a crists, but a continuing shortage of places for children in infant and toddler classrooms.

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Great Migration to Global Immigration: A Profile of Black Boston

Written by Luc Schuster and Peter Ciurczak of Boston Indicators with James Jennings, Ph.D., in partnership with Embrace Boston, this report explores the changes in demographics of Greater Boston's Black communities - and a population that today is among the most diverse Black populations in the country.

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College Enrollment and Completion

This update of the college enrollment and completion trends for Boston Public Schools graduates finds the pandemic accelerated a decrease in postsecondary enrollment among students, while completion rates held at the same level of prior years.

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TBF News Spring 2023 graphic
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TBF News Spring 2023

The spring issue of TBF News features a conversation with former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy on the ongoing battle to close the gender wealth gap. Plus, there's a new leader for the Latino Equity Fund, and Boston Indicators explores the complex makeup of Greater Boston's growing Black population.

TBF News Spring 2023

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